accettare — meaning in English

English meaning

• accept verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
• swallow verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.
• tolerate verb To allow something to happen or continue, even if one disapproves of it.
• welcome adj Received with pleasure; wanted or appreciated.

Senses

accettare is used for these senses in English:

• accept (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
• go along with (idiomatic) To acquiesce to or comply with a proposal, despite lacking a desire or value for it.
• swallow (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept. [from 16th c.]
• tolerate (transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
• welcome To accept something willingly or gladly.

accept — full definition

1. verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
2. verb To acknowledge something as true or as a fact, even if reluctantly.
3. verb To approve of and include someone, such as in a group or institution.

swallow — full definition

1. verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.
2. verb To accept or believe something readily, often too readily.
3. verb To put up with something unpleasant without complaining or retaliating.
4. noun A small, fast-flying migratory bird with a forked tail that catches insects in flight.

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